appalachian trail

[+Trevuuuur1993]

My father and i were thinking of hiking a section of the appalachian trail. We plan on doing some geocaching along the way. But i dont know where the darn thing is on the geocaching map to see what caches are close to it. It also dosent show up on google earth.

Any advise would be appreciated.

[+yumitori]

My father and i were thinking of hiking a section of the appalachian trail. We plan on doing some geocaching along the way. But i dont know where the darn thing is on the geocaching map to see what caches are close to it. It also dosent show up on google earth.

Any advise would be appreciated.

 

You might want to start with this list of shelters. It includes coordinates for each one, and there's a link on the page to the ATC's waypoint files for more detailed information.

[mtbikernate]

The National Geographic topo mapexchange site (www.nationalgeographic.com/topo) has a file with the entire AT on it. Unfortunately, you have to have NG Topo to view the file, but it's a start. You might also take a look at www.motionbased.com to see if anyone has uploaded a track for the AT. I also happen to have the AT as a .shp file, but I've been wholly unsuccessful at converting it to a .gpx file. Every time I try, the program I'm using crashes...probably 'cause the file's too big.

 

Your best bet may well be purchasing a paper map....say, the AT trail guide for the state where you plan your section hike. You can then reference that to nearby roads and towns to find nearby caches.

[+cerberus1]

"List of shelters" would help. Also there's a site of parking areas for the entire AT. ( enter-AT parking)

Most have coordinates. Simply use those coordinates and place them as a temporary "home" and get your caches.

Just "follow the line" from there.

Or, if you're reasonably close to the AT, look in your local pages for a cache that has the word "GAP" in it, as most areas bisected by roads are usually named ----- gap.

[+cameltrekor]

My father and i were thinking of hiking a section of the appalachian trail. We plan on doing some geocaching along the way. But i dont know where the darn thing is on the geocaching map to see what caches are close to it. It also dosent show up on google earth.

Any advise would be appreciated.

 

try this add-on

[piratejimmy]

Probably to late but here's a bunch of info. Might have something helpful.

 

http://www.aldha.org/comp_pdf.htm

[+rock_rat]

My father and i were thinking of hiking a section of the appalachian trail. We plan on doing some geocaching along the way. But i dont know where the darn thing is on the geocaching map to see what caches are close to it. It also dosent show up on google earth.

Any advise would be appreciated.

 

You might want to start with this list of shelters. It includes coordinates for each one, and there's a link on the page to the ATC's waypoint files for more detailed information.

 

GPSBabel lists National Geographic .tpo as one of the file format's it can convert. I've never tried it but it should do fine.